Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-02-10

thonSh you have crossed me ~, 49,.
good books-I herewith send a tan:,;I'I.
excuse foF what you consider nv fo,I.
LOOK upon the pictured faoe-vb;ch
ooes not DO fun justice to the ORIGINAL
an1 acknowledge that you have for
once peen harsh Judge. Iassure Won
tne index OF fine nature, which l.
ual1y developing into a laxur;ant
grown OF goodness. and whose possas-
sor Is one of earth's most gifted sonls in
more ways than mere personal hasn-
". III you should conclude r.
-. ne a. aeroad hope you will
-. oygones be bogones, and come
.sT ID'n Us, COUSIN HOWE"
Inc glamour still lasts" thought
lucy, as she removed the wrapping
paper from the picture.
but she wondered no longer when AT
last her eyes rested upon il.
~ was taken in what va. evidently a
priaai dress, for orange blossoms were
fastened In the soft lace which floatad
IN transparent folds around the exou;s-
lite face and form.
LII was not rich costume. INIT IL.
simplicity rendered il the mora ev;dans
.nat Its wearer needed no glimmer Of
suk or satin to add to her aueenship
ID the ranks of womanly beauty.
as Lucy noticed the absence of rich
accessories in Norah's dress she re-
caiiod some words spoken by Howa
which had brought at the time n scorn-
ful smile to her lips.
o,ahis stubborn about one thing,
Lucy" he said. "She Will not acca9i
gut OF me unless it be of flowers. I
wouid hike to buy her something costly
ana unique for her bridal robe, but she
VIII not let me. tell her it is ali
nonsense, when she will so soon own
me- and all Of my worldly goods into
the hargain.n
These words arose and floated through
Lucy's mind now, as though To
prove that the fair, patriotism looking
face before her was conscious of a
heaven born right to hold as proudly To
her ideas of right and propriety as any
lady in the land.
| DO not wonder at Howes hulluci-
nation after seeing picture of his wife. -
she said, a few hours later to an intimate
friend. If she is as beautiful as she is
represented. man might well lose his
senses abent her."
Lucy occasionally heard from Vim
cent FARMLAND in an indirect way
now through mutual acquaintance. or
AGAIN by some newspaper notice of him.
lie had finished his law studies, and
was working industriou.ly at his pro-
fession.
The last newspaper paragraph with
regard TO him had chronicled the fact
that he had beer retained upon an i'm.
pcrtant suit, and had taken passage up.
on the steamer Cambria to 60 abroad
for needful evidence.
Mrs. General Clermont, the same
lady who had chaperoned Lucy at
Saratoga Springs, had long contemplate
ed European tour, and some three
years after Howe's marriage she carried
out her intentions.
Lucy went with her. At last she saw
the realization of her girlish dreams OF
rambling amid historic scenes.
All was new and interesting; but one
thing seemed strange to Lucy. At home
Mrs General Clermont was one of the
leaders of society. Her movements
were heralded by the reporters, and her
dresses at the numerous receptions and
parties IGNORED by her presence" were
described much in the same way that
the court journal discusses the doings OF
the royal family and of the charmed cir
Gle surrounding them. But abroad
she was as little noticed as the hum
blest.
Her great wealth, however, was
useful in procuring her every com
fort and luxury; and daily did her
glossy coated carriage horses draw
her beautifully appointed equipage
along the most approved haunts of
aristocracy and fashion.
They were often accompanied by Mrs.
Mordaunt, member of the American
colony in Paris, who had been stopping
in London long enough to become
versed in society gossip, and to know
celebrities when she saw them
One day they were driving leisurly
along when a carriage passed with the
ducai strawberry leaves upon its panels.
Mrs. Mordandt called her companions
attention to its occupants by sjgnifi-
cant gesture.
"Look," she said in an undertone; u
viii tell why afterward"
They obeyed and saw 8 dignified
looking matron, dressed in black vel
vet and resplendent with brfliiants,
with younger lady occupying the seat
beside her.
The latter was in white, with a bunch
of half-opened jacqueminot roses In her
hand, and another fastened at ner
breast by a diamond-studded arrow.
what charming face! And where
have seen it?" asked Lucy in quiet
way.
at Is one of the faces fashionable
people have a raving about" answered
Mrs. Mordaunt; the lady is Mrs. Mer-
vyn- Crandall They call her by the
romantic name of Rose of Erin and
she is of Irish descent. There is story
connected with her which adds to the
interest her beauty excites. She comes
OF fine old family on her mothers side,
and through her has just inherited a
magnificent fortune, which was secured
to her by the researches of young
American lawyer. Her companion is
the Duchess of Goldborough, who
presented her to the Queen
at the last drawing-room-
But even without the name Lucy had
placed that beautiful face. 1t was the
same she had seen in the portrait sent
to her by her cousin Howe.
Mrs. Mordaunt went on with her mar
ration:
at seems that her mother made a
mesalliance with her tutor and was
discarded by her family. The married
lovers fed to America, and soon after
the birth of her child the romantic
Young mother died. Her husband
married again; soon after, he also paid
the last debt of nature-follow-
ing his first wife within three
wears of her demise. He left some
money, and his second wife proved how
noble a nature Ilay exist in the breast
even of an uneducated, low born woman
for she was both of these. She re-
Iigiously devoted her dead husbands
money to the education OF the CHILD lett
upon her hands. She had never told
Norah about the strain of noble blood
she had inherited from her mother,
fearing that it would give her aspira-
tions which could never be realized.
She had meant her to get sufficiently
good education to be competent to earn
her living by teaching. But her inno-
cent beauty won the honorable love OF
wealthy gentleman. who married her.
notwithstanding the opposition Oh ms
relatives, little thinking that the nav
less pearl he had rescued from its low
" surroundings was to turn out dla-
mond in disguise. Isn't it good enough
To write book about2"